Reading Rhetorically A Reader for Writers

by Bean, John C.; Chappell, Virginia A.; Gillam, Alice M.

• ISBN13: 9780321236685
• ISBN10: 0321236688
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-07
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This aims-based rhetoric and reader teaches students analytical reading, academic writing, and inquiry as the keys to success in college. The anthology, which organizes its selections by rhetorical aims or purposes, offers readings for rhetorical analysis so that students can apply rhetorical processes in their own writing. Two important features distinguish this book from others: (1) emphasis on reading as an interactive process of composing meaning, and (2) emphasis on academic writing as a process in which writers engage with other texts.Reading Rhetoricallyteaches students how to see texts positioned in a conversation with other texts, how to recognize their bias or perspective, and how to analyze texts for both content and method.

Table of Contents

Reading Rhetorically

Your Life as a Reader

An Overview of This Textbook

Exploring Your Reading Life

Taking Stock of Why You Read

Summary

Scenes Of Reading

A Brief Writing Project Three Samples to Read

The Special Demands of Academic Reading

Reading as Conversation

Challenges Presented by Academic Reading

Rhetorical Reading as An Academic Strategy

Questions that Rhetorical Readers Ask

Writers' Purposes Versus Readers' Purposes

A Further Look at Writers' Purposes

Expressing and Reflecting (Chapter Nine)

Inquiring and Exploring (Chapter Ten)

Informing and Explaining (Chapter Eleven)

Analyzing and Interpreting (Chapter Twelve)

Taking a Stand (Chapter Thirteen)

Evaluating and Judging (Chapter Fourteen)

Proposing Solutions (Chapter Fifteen)

Seeking Common Ground (Chapter Sixteen)

Summary

Notes

Strategies for Reading Rhetorically

Reading and Writing Are Acts of Composing

Thomas Lux, ldquo;The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently.rdquo; For Writing and Discussion

Authors Adapt Texts to Their Rhetorical Context

An Extended Example: Articles about Teenagers' Sleep Habits

For Writing and Discussion

Learning from the Practices of Experienced Readers

Building a Context for Reading

For Writing and Discussion

Matching Strategies with the Text's Genre

Matching Strategies with Purpose for Reading

Taking Stock of How You Read

For Writing and Discussion

Summary

Sources of the Article Excerpts about Teenagers' Sleep Patterns

Notes

Reading and Responding to Texts

Listening to a Text

Overview of Part Two

Writing as You Read

Preparing to Read

Identifying Your Purpose

Recalling Background Knowledge

Reconstructing Rhetorical Context

Spot Reading

For Writing and Discussion

Listening as You Read Initially

Noting Organizational Signals

Marking Unfamiliar Terms and References

Identifying Points of Difficulty

Annotating

For Writing and Discussion

Listening as You Reread

Mapping the Idea Structure

Descriptive Outlining

For Writing and Discussion

Summarizing

Writing a Rhetorical Preacute;cis

Summary

Brief Writing Assignment

Larissa MacFarquhar, ldquo;Who Cares If Johnny Can't Read?rdquo;

Notes

Questioning a Text

What It Means to Question a Text

Strategies for Questioning a Text

Examining a Writer's Credibility

For Writing and Discussion

Examining a Writer's Appeals to Reason

Examining a Writer's Strategies for Engaging Readers

For Writing and Discussion

Examining a Writer's Language

For Writing and Discussion

Examining a Text's Ideology

For Writing and Discussion

Exploring Your Responses to a Text

Before/After Reflections

For Writing and Discussion

The Believing and Doubting Game

Interviewing the Author

Applying Rhetorical Reading Strategies: An Example

Jenny's Assignment to Examine Rhetorical Strategies

Jenny's Paper: ldquo;Who Cares If the Value of Books is Overstated?rdquo; For Writing and Discussion

Summary

Notes

The Rhetorical Reader As Writer

Writing About Reading: The Special Demands of Academic Writing

Overview of Part Three

Typical Reading-Based Writing Assignments Across the Curriculum

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